WashingtonPost: Why Ghosn’s Still Jailed and What It Says About Japan: QuickTake

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Carlos Ghosn, the deposed chairman of Nissan Motor Co., was until recently a jet-setting captain of industry. To the shock of many, he was arrested in Japan on Nov. 19 and has been detained ever since in a murky case involving his personal finances, with no release date in sight. Ghosn’s alleged conduct is not the only thing under scrutiny. So is Japan’s highly efficient legal system and its near-perfect conviction rate.

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